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Bury Saint Edmunds, England

The Nutshell Pub

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

Bury Saint Edmunds, England

The World's First Internet-Enabled Park Bench

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.

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Thetford, England

Thetford Warren Lodge

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

12 miles from Bury Saint Edmunds

Newmarket, England

Potoooooooo

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

12 miles from Bury Saint Edmunds

Norfolk, England

The Devil's Punchbowl

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

15 miles from Bury Saint Edmunds

Halstead, England

The Village Signs of Gestingthorpe

A hunched figure depicted on the signs honors a local gentleman who died on an Antarctic expedition.

15 miles from Bury Saint Edmunds

Lynford, England

Grime's Graves

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

16 miles from Bury Saint Edmunds

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